Chapter 5 Make persistent efforts and continue to invent
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South of Lushan County, the courtyard of the Chen family.
Chen Hui, who returned home from work at the county office, did not go to eat, but hurriedly walked into the study. In the afternoon, he received a letter from the second child from Tumen in the signing room, and he was uncertain this afternoon. barely maintained his 'demeanor' in the yamen, and he couldn't take care of it when he returned home.
Chen Hui is steady and calm, and such a hurried appearance is not seen once a year in Chen Jiazhen.
Chen Gao knew why. In the afternoon, the second child of Tumen sent a large wooden box to the family, and a piece of Chen Ming's letter of greeting, Chen Gao's arrest asked a few words about Chen Ming's situation in his hometown, knowing that Chen Ming returned to Tumen for a few days, he took out a new recipe for porcelain, and the new porcelain had been out of the kiln yesterday. In the wooden box sent by the second child this time, nine times out of ten it was newly kiln porcelain, and there were two letters that were directly sent to the county government by this person.
In the study, his vision was already a little dark, Chen Hui put down a small bowl with a reddish color in his hand, picked up a milky white fragment and tapped it lightly on the small bowl, and a different sound from porcelain came into his ears. "There really is an echo!"
Chen Hui's eyes brightened. The ceramics of this Tumen kiln are heavier and thicker, and the sound of "ding" when the two bowls collide is basically no echo; And this bone china is different, the hardness is really higher than that of ceramics, and the sound of a crisp "bell" like a bell is struck after the collision, and there is an echo.
Chen Hui's eyes moved to the letter on the table, if what the second child said was true...... he got up and walked to the lamp, lit the oil lamp with a fire knife, and then turned around and picked up the whitest fragment in the wooden box, and gently covered it against the oil lamp, and the joy in his eyes completely burst out. "Good, good, good! Sure enough, it's transparent! ”
"This device has a lot to do, a lot to do!" Chen Hui didn't think about which scrap of book his precious son got this recipe from, anyway, this recipe is now his own. Although the first firing was not successful, less than 100 pieces of 1,000 bone china products were fired, of which only more than 10 pieces were milky white. But looking at its color, texture, and appearance, it is enough to prove that the formula is correct. The firing of the Tumen kiln was not successful this time, and the difference was only that the craftsmanship was not good and the experience was not enough.
One kiln is not successful, ten kilns; Not in one month, one year; As long as the road is correct, this input cost is nothing to the Chen family.
Even if it is as the baby son said, even if it is successful, the bone china cannot be compared with the high white porcelain of Jingdezhen, and the color of the bone china will turn yellow in a few years, and it is easy to hurt the glaze, and the dirt such as tea stains can only be cleaned with vinegar.
But the bone china has delicate and transparent porcelain, beautiful and elegant shape, moist and bright color surface, colorful flower surface, a series of points, it is enough to make it a high-quality mid-range porcelain, which is much more profitable than the coarse porcelain bowl produced by Tumen kiln today.
"Master, what's promising?"
Gao's voice rang out outside the door. She carried a food box in her hand and pushed open the door to her study.
As Chen Hui's study, there are actually no secrets here, and the Chen family is not a high-ranking family, and even the accounts that are settled every quarter have been received in the bedroom. This is the nature of small families, and the place where you sleep is the safest.
Gao waited for Chen Hui in the house for two quarters of an hour, but Chen Huiren still didn't return, so he asked people to prepare a meal and carry it to the study by himself. At the door, I heard Chen Hui screaming involuntarily.
"Haha, Madame is here. Come and see-" Chen Hui doesn't love the fourth master, and his study doesn't even have a lock.
Half an hour later, Gao left with joy on her face, she was not only happy with the success of bone china, but also happy with her son's struggle. As soon as this bone china came out, it was the entire Chen clan that was patronized by his son. In addition to the patriarchal justification, Chen Ming has an aura of personal ability!
Chen Hui still has to stay in the study, he has to reply a letter to the second child in Tumen, and at the same time write a letter to several principals of the Chen family, such as the fifth child who has been taking care of the family shop business in the past few years, and Chen Erbao, the commander-in-chief of the family's armed forces......
Of the two letters I received in the county office this afternoon, one was written by Chen Cong and the other was from Chen Ming. In addition to the first two sentences of greetings, Chen Ming said two more words of the old lady's words in the letter, and then expressed his plan in the short term: to take root in Tumen and brush up his influence.
Chen Hui is keenly aware of the problems, and the 'success' of bone china firing has allowed Chen Ming to find a good opportunity to get involved in the Chen family's interest chain. Although he still thinks that the foundation of the Chen family is in this position under his ass, the descendants of the future generations cannot be completely rootless in the family.
The Chen family, of course, didn't need to say much when he was there, but when it came to the next generation, the situation was different. Don't think that Chen Hui was really stunned by his eldest son's 'middle move', he was still very conscious.
The Chen family was formed by the union of Tumen and the county government forces represented by Chen Hui himself. In the entire Chen family system, who is the leader and who is the auxiliary is clear now, but it may not be in the future. Not to mention that it will definitely put the cart before the horse, but let Chen Ming brush up more influence in the Chen family, there are only benefits and no disadvantages.
At this time, in the old house of the Chen family in Tumen, a small experiment done by Chen Ming was nearing the end, as long as the material problem of the float was solved, he could be said to be successful if he wanted to make a flush toilet.
This stuff is simple. In the 21st century, the flush toilet in Chen Ming's rented house has been repaired back and forth seven or eight times by him, and now if he can't reproduce a flush toilet, then he is really stupid.
This thing can be regarded as the second way of wealth he found for the Chen family, and he will continue to work hard to invent things, and more importantly, it will be convenient for him. With the flush toilet, he can dig a drain and then he can think about getting a bathroom. Through these days, food, clothing, housing and transportation, in addition to hair problems, convenience and hygiene problems are the most unsatisfactory points for Chen Ming.
"Young master, do you think this is okay?" Liu Wu was holding a white balloon the size of a small bowl, which was made of pig bladder, and for insurance, it was still double-layered. However, if the flush toilet wants to become popular, it is impossible to use a pig's bladder to make a float, and only a certain amount of lightweight material can be used.
"It's sturdy. Let's try! ”
Chen Ming shook off his somewhat sore hands, his hands were tired and sore just now in order to add water to the wooden barrel hanging from the tree.
In the shade of a tree, next to the flush toilet, a chair, a small few, was placed there. There are also two plates of fruit and a pot of tea on the wooden table. Chen Ming sat on the chair, reached out to pick up the teapot on the wooden table, and smoked directly at the spout. Such a 'boldness', his cheap big brother will never be able to do it, and it is impossible for Chen Ming to do it before, only the little white-collar worker in the 21st century can naturally make this kind of rude behavior in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
Liu Wu was not surprised. It has been half a month since he followed Chen Ming to Tumen, and he has developed a habit in fifteen days, and Liu Wu himself has not noticed that he can now slowly accept the young master's occasional outrageousness. Maybe Chen Ming's speech and demeanor are different from the past, and he accepts it little by little.
Liu Wu didn't feel that his young master was possessed by a lonely ghost and a wild ghost. After all, Chen Ming accepted almost all the memories of his predecessor, but the main meaning was dominated by Chen Ming in the 21st century. When Chen Ming unconsciously showed some different speech and behavior from the past, most of his actions, such as his living habits and tone of speech, were different from Chen Ming in the past.
This body is only 15 years old, and Liu Wu is only 13. Young people, with uncertain minds, are fickle.